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A UN expert on Sunday called for the reversal of the ban on women staff entering UN premises in Afghanistan, condemning the Taliban measures as a violation of UN principles of equality and human rights.
According to Susan Ferguson, the UN Women Special Representative in Afghanistan, the ban on Afghan women staff and contractors entering UN premises threatens life-saving services following recent earthquakes in eastern and northern Afghanistan. Ferguson noted that despite the ban, women workers and contractors have been working with high professionalism from their “homes and communities,” supporting returnees from Pakistan and Iran, and the demand for food, clean water, and healthcare by women and children affected by the earthquakes.
In early November, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit Balkh and Samangan provinces in northern Afghanistan, causing more than 25 deaths and injuries to more than 1,000 people.
Article 55(c) of the UN Charter obligates universal respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms without “distinction as to race, sex, language or religion.”Afghanistan joined the UN in 1946, automatically “ratifying” the UN Charter and its obligations.
The situation of women in Afghanistan has deteriorated since the Taliban takeover in 2021. According to Richard Bennet, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, the Taliban has utilized legal measures to oppress women, effectively weaponizing the law and engaging in crimes against humanity. Particularly, Bennet criticized the dismissal of approximately 270 women judges, replaced by men, following the hardline ideology of the regime.
Bennet added that the Taliban had suspended the 2004 Constitution and several laws that provided protections to women, including a law that criminalized rape, forced and child marriage, and several other forms of violence.
In September, the Taliban authorities banned women from entering UN premises in Kabul, the country’s capital, deploying security forces to enforce the edict. The ban drew severe criticism from rights groups and the UN, calling it a serious breach of “international rules on the privileges and immunities of the organization’s personnel.”
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According to Susan Ferguson, the UN Women Special Representative in Afghanistan, the ban on Afghan women staff and contractors entering UN premises threatens life-saving services following recent earthquakes in eastern and northern Afghanistan. Ferguson noted that despite the ban, women workers and contractors have been working with high professionalism from their “homes and communities,” supporting returnees from Pakistan and Iran, and the demand for food, clean water, and healthcare by women and children affected by the earthquakes.
In early November, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit Balkh and Samangan provinces in northern Afghanistan, causing more than 25 deaths and injuries to more than 1,000 people.
Article 55(c) of the UN Charter obligates universal respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms without “distinction as to race, sex, language or religion.”Afghanistan joined the UN in 1946, automatically “ratifying” the UN Charter and its obligations.
The situation of women in Afghanistan has deteriorated since the Taliban takeover in 2021. According to Richard Bennet, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, the Taliban has utilized legal measures to oppress women, effectively weaponizing the law and engaging in crimes against humanity. Particularly, Bennet criticized the dismissal of approximately 270 women judges, replaced by men, following the hardline ideology of the regime.
Bennet added that the Taliban had suspended the 2004 Constitution and several laws that provided protections to women, including a law that criminalized rape, forced and child marriage, and several other forms of violence.
In September, the Taliban authorities banned women from entering UN premises in Kabul, the country’s capital, deploying security forces to enforce the edict. The ban drew severe criticism from rights groups and the UN, calling it a serious breach of “international rules on the privileges and immunities of the organization’s personnel.”
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